#DF523C#DF523C

#DF523C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.180 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF523C
RGB	rgb(223, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 73.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 53.78, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 68.10, 37.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1538 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.18 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2680, 22.0537, 6.7264)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF523C #3CC9DF

analogous

#DF3C77 #DF523C #DFA33C

triadic

#DF523C #3CDF52 #523CDF

tetradic

#DF523C #77DF3C #3CC9DF #A33CDF

square

#DF523C #77DF3C #3CC9DF #A33CDF

split-complementary

#DF523C #3CDFA3 #3C77DF

monochromatic

#8A2617 #BF351F #DF523C #E88171 #F0AFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DF523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DF523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF523C

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF523C	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F52E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.180 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18973',
    500: '#df523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df523c;
$custom-light: #f18973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.098,
    "s": 71.806,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62468,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF523C

secondary

#99D4DD

accent

#D6EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF523C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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